Category: Bipartisan Wet Dream

I KNOW, RIGHT?

~ susie

Right now the prevailing ethos in DC is "Trump won so the law is immaterial and he can rule as dictator." He's not allowed to appoint his own FBI director, but everyone has decided to let him. He can't unilaterally create an agency for Elon Musk, but we're just going to treat it as real. Appalling.

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2024-12-11T19:58:01.223Z

Biden, who won with a MUCH larger majority than Trump, was not permitted to govern as an autocrat. He was expected to obey the law and respect norms, he was resisted frequently and immediately, and his efforts were often blocked. But the DC power class has decided Trump's win simply makes him king.

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2024-12-11T19:59:47.742Z

This discrepancy is largely of Democrats' own making. In their endless idiotic quest to be savvy, they've decided that the smart prediction is that nothing will stop Trump, that the country doesn't care about his abuses, and have "savvily" moved out of the way for him. Their voters should torch them

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) 2024-12-11T20:02:10.069Z

14th Amendment

~ susie

I’m with Larry Tribe and Jamie Raskin on this one:  Invoke the 14th, and tell the Kevin McCarthy and the House Republicans to go fuck themselves. And if the lawless SCOTUS tries to interfere, tell them to go fuck themselves, too.

Fuck this guy

~ susie

God, I can’t stand Manchin. Via Rolling Stone:

SENATOR JOE MANCHIN, an alleged Democrat, went on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo — the Sunday morning equivalent of Tucker Carlson — and declined to identify as a member of the Democratic Party. That’s right, the senator who jokes with Republicans about switching parties, is now claiming he is an “American” instead of a Democrat.

“Do you still identify as a Democrat?” Bartiromo asked the senator at the conclusion of the interview.

“I will be involved in any way I can to help,” Manchin said.

“Do you still identify as a Democrat?” the host repeated.

“I identify as an American,” the senator replied.